Situation in Delhi fully under control say officials amid rise in Covid cases
New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Amid a rise in Covid cases the Delhi government has stepped up preparations including arranging hospital beds medical oxygen and medicines officials said on Wednesday and asserted that the situation is fully under controlChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is keeping a close watch on the Covid situation and is in constant touch with top officials to ensure that both the infection is controlled and preparations are in place to meet any eventuality they saidThe government has arranged adequate number of hospital beds medical oxygen and medicines although hospitalisations are very low officials said during a meeting the of Delhi Disaster Management AuthorityDDMA on WednesdayAccording to figures only 80 beds 082 percent of the total 9737 beds in hospitals here were occupied The occupancy of oxygen-supported beds was 064 percent ICU beds 091 percent and ventilator beds 103 percentOf the total 1729 active cases on April 18 40 were hospitalised 12 were on oxygen support nine were in ICU five on ICU and oxygen support and one on ventilator according to figuresThe Arvind Kejriwal government has targeted to scale up hospital beds to 37000 of which 31622 were ready by April 19 Out of total 10594 ICU beds 9274 have been readied official data showedOfficials said availability of all drugs for the treatment of comborbidities and other medicines related to Covid has also been ensuredThe medical oxygen infrastructure has also been scaled up to over 991 MT by April 19 while it was 730 MT till May 31 last yearA buffer stock 442 MT of liquid medical oxygen was also readied by the government A total of 97 PSA oxygen plants were running in the city with a combined capacity of over 116 MT they saidTwo cryogenic bottling plants with capacity of 125 MT have been installed that can refill refill 1400 jumbo cylinders per day they saidShortage of oxygen supply had claimed many lives in Delhi during the second Covid wave in 2021Officials said work has also been awarded for 15 LMO tankers of which one tanker has been received Three more will be delivered by the end of AprilWhile one tanker will be delivered by May 15 and five tankers will be delivered by June 19 officials said during the meetingThe government has also maintained an operational fleet of 240 CATS ambulances for aiding patients Besides 65 ambulances have also been hired The fleet of ambulances is planned to be raised to 350 shortly they added PTI VIT VIT TDS TDS
New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Amid a rise in Covid cases the Delhi government has stepped up preparations including arranging hospital beds medical oxygen and medicines officials said on Wednesday and asserted that the situation is fully under controlChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is keeping a close watch on the Covid situation and is in constant touch with top officials to ensure that both the infection is controlled and preparations are in place to meet any eventuality they saidThe government has arranged adequate number of hospital beds medical oxygen and medicines although hospitalisations are very low officials said during a meeting the of Delhi Disaster Management AuthorityDDMA on WednesdayAccording to figures only 80 beds 082 percent of the total 9737 beds in hospitals here were occupied The occupancy of oxygen-supported beds was 064 percent ICU beds 091 percent and ventilator beds 103 percentOf the total 1729 active cases on April 18 40 were hospitalised 12 were on oxygen support nine were in ICU five on ICU and oxygen support and one on ventilator according to figuresThe Arvind Kejriwal government has targeted to scale up hospital beds to 37000 of which 31622 were ready by April 19 Out of total 10594 ICU beds 9274 have been readied official data showedOfficials said availability of all drugs for the treatment of comborbidities and other medicines related to Covid has also been ensuredThe medical oxygen infrastructure has also been scaled up to over 991 MT by April 19 while it was 730 MT till May 31 last yearA buffer stock 442 MT of liquid medical oxygen was also readied by the government A total of 97 PSA oxygen plants were running in the city with a combined capacity of over 116 MT they saidTwo cryogenic bottling plants with capacity of 125 MT have been installed that can refill refill 1400 jumbo cylinders per day they saidShortage of oxygen supply had claimed many lives in Delhi during the second Covid wave in 2021Officials said work has also been awarded for 15 LMO tankers of which one tanker has been received Three more will be delivered by the end of AprilWhile one tanker will be delivered by May 15 and five tankers will be delivered by June 19 officials said during the meetingThe government has also maintained an operational fleet of 240 CATS ambulances for aiding patients Besides 65 ambulances have also been hired The fleet of ambulances is planned to be raised to 350 shortly they added PTI VIT VIT TDS TDS
